Improvement in floor-mattings



GQ HAYES. Floor-Matting.

No. 217.213. Patented July 8,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HAYES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLOOR-MATTINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,213, dated July 8,1879; application led December 10, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAYES, of the city, county, and State ofNewYork, have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in Floor or Foot Matsor Matting, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a iioor or foot mat composed of wooden stripsheld closely together by binders, the said strips being so shaped thatamat formed thereof shall present grooves upon its surface or surfaces,and prejent the mud from falling through upon the oor.

The grooves may be made in the upper or in both surfaces, (in the lattercase the mat would be reversibhl 5) and they may be formed in the woodenstrip, or half upon each, so that the entire groove would be formed bytwo strips.

' lhe strips are `joined or held together by rope, chain, or otherpliable material passed or threaded through each strip, (holes beingbored for that purpose,) or by means of a band of webbingor otherpliable material passing through a saw-cut or groove wherever mostconvenient.

The outer strips I make wider and of any suitable shape to form a nosingor easement, to prevent their being stumbled over. v

I do not bind myself to any particular shap Y of the grooves orchannels. f

In the single-faced mat-s I provide a groove or space, for the purposeof admitting a current of air beneath. The strips are brought ,closelytogether and the grooves receive the dirt.

Shoes, Suc., may be scraped upon the strips,

` the dirt deposited in the grooves, and not alble joint, when everdesired, for folding or rolllng. A

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a section, showing bars, grooves,and joining of a single-facedanat. Fig. 2 is a section of a double-facedmat. Fig. 3 is perspective view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, (i, 7, and 8are modifications. Fig. 9 is a plan view. l

Arepresents Jthe strips of wood 5 A', the outer strips, forming a nosingor easement. B represents the binders, and G the grooves or chaunelsinto which the scrapings are deposited. D represents the groove formingair space beneath the bottom of a single-faced mat, admittingcirculation of air. E marks the hollow and rounded sides of stripsforming the movable joint. A A

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A mat composed of wooden strips held closely together by binders, thesaid strips being so shaped that a mat formed thereof shall presentgrooves upon its surface or surfaces, and prevent the mud, Ste., fromfalling through upon the ioor, as set forth.

GEORGE HAYES.

Witnesses:

JAMEs F. LE BARON, J Arms BODEN.

